zones unless the entire ground floor, with the exception of areas for <br />lobbies, stairs, elevators and bicycle storage for residents, in in non- <br />residential use. Additional ground floor use standards in Table 9.2161 <br />Commercial Uses Requirements in Mixed-Use Residential Developments <br />also apply." <br />The 9.5500 Multiple-Family Standards, paragraph (6) Building Mass and Fagade, requires the <br />following: <br />"(a) Maximum Building Dimension. Neither the maximum length nor <br />width of any building within 40 feet of a front lot line can exceed 100 feet <br />in the R-1 and R-2 zones and 150 feet in all other zones." <br />Amazon Corner is in the C-2 zone; thus the code limits the building dimension within the 40 ft <br />of front lot line area to 150'. The building fagade along Hilyard measures approximately 223'. <br />The fagade along 32nd Avenue measures less than 150' <br />This section of the code allows for an Adjustment in EC 9.8030(8)(a) as follows: <br />(a) Maximum Building Dimension. The requirements set forth in EC <br />9.5500(6)(a) may be adjusted if the proposal creates building massing <br />and/or facades that: <br />1. Create a vibrant street fagade with visual detail. <br />2. Provide multiple entrances to building or yards." <br />Amazon Corner will meet this criteria in the following ways: <br />1. Segmented Building Massing: Vibrant street fagades will be created by means of <br />breaking the total mass of the building along Hilyard into two major sub components <br />using a deep recess. Each subcomponent is less than 150' in length (one is <br />approximately 100' long and the other is approximately 107' feet long. The recess <br />itself is about 16' wide. See Drawing AR-2. A vibrant street fagade is additionally <br />created by segmenting these already smaller sub components into smaller masses <br />and volumes. <br />2. Building Articulation: The street facades themselves will be articulated using bays, <br />balconies, changes in materials, canopies, and varied window fenestration. <br />3. Mix of uses: The intent of this adjustment request is to be permitted to offer ground <br />floor housing units along with the commercial uses. With the adjustment approval, the <br />mix of residential and commercial uses will create vibrancy at the street level. <br />4. Multiple entrances to building or yards: The building at schematic design currently <br />shows 7 separate entries on the Hilyard ground floor. The precise number will depend <br />on the specifics of tenant mix and the final housing mix along the ground level. We <br />propose a minimum of 5 separate entries along Hilyard and a reasonably likely <br />maximum that may occur of 9. <br />5. Porch and patio zone along the street edge: In addition to the location of exterior door <br />entrances there will be "porch/court" entries to the residential units and an elevated <br />commercial porch from the sidewalk creating a rich layering of landscape and door <br />entries along the street. <br />Page 4 of 4 <br />